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Joey Burns of Calexico at New Orleans Jazz Fest 2013The Tucson, Ariz.,-based desert-rock band Calexico recorded its latest album, 'Algiers,' at New Orleans' Living Room Studio. After his set Sunday at New Orleans Jazz Fest on Sunday, April 28,, Burns took a moment to talk New Orleans, music, and hat shopping.

The Tucson, Ariz.-based band Calexico recorded its latest album, "Algiers," at the Living Room Studio in New Orleans, and returned to town for a gig at One Eyed Jacks this past January. On the Gentilly Stage at New Orleans Jazz Fest Sunday, the band was clearly happy to be back in the Crescent City.

A cadre of New Orleans horns - Jason Mingledorff and Derek Houston on sax, Charlie Halloran and Jeff Albert on trombone - rounded out the ensemble; the band broke up a run of ghostly, ethereal Tex-Mex-inflected songs from "Algiers" with a rollicking cover of Bobby Charles' "See You Later, Alligator," which featured the band's longtime producer (and longtime Jazz Fest fan) Craig Schumacher on harmonica.

"Now you'll have that in your head for the rest of the week, just like me," noted frontman Joey Burns.

After the set, Burns took a minute to talk about music and how he likes to "float" through New Orleans. (Watch the video.)